My understanding is that the “new” primer color on James Hardie fiber cement siding is a greenish tint. What color was used before?
I ordered a bunch of it and it looks gray like cement backer board and I wasn’t sure it came in pre-primed as ordered. Talking to a Hardie rep he says that it cannot be ordered raw so it must be primed and if it isn’t the greenish tint it must be an older batch before the switch. I forgot to ask him though what the old color was. I have a mistrust of the staff at this retailer, not that they would purposely deceive me but rather that they are not real smart and don’t know enough about this product.
Thanks.
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In 2005 it was a very light yellow. Almost like an an off white.
Here in TX we get an off white. In some cases, especially with perforated soffit you can look on the backside and see paint (actually primer) runs or voids.